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STATUTES 


UNIVERSITY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 


ADOPTED  NOVEMBER,  1 8 7 7. 


AMENDED  JANUARY,  1881. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

PRINTED  BY  J.  B.  LIPPINCOTT  & CO. 
1881. 


STATUTES 


OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

Section  1.  The  Governor  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  for  the 
time  being  is  President  of  the  Board  by  the  charter,  and  when  present 
at  any  meeting  shall  preside. 

Section  2.  The  Provost  of  the  University  shall  be  President  pro 
tempore  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  except  when  the  Governor 
shall  be  present  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Trustees,  preserve 
order  thereat,  appoint  all  committees,  attest  all  the  official  acts,  pro- 
ceedings, and  resolutions  of  the  Board  which  are  intended  to  make 
contracts  or  conveyances,  or  to  alienate,  release,  or  dispose  of  the 
property  of  the  University,  whether  the  same  be  real  or  personal,  and 
generally  perform  all  other  duties  which  pertain  to  the  powers  and 
duties  of  a presiding  officer. 

Section  3.  In  the  absence  of  the  President  pro  tempore  from  any 
meeting  the  senior  Trustee  by  election  to  his  place,  then  present,  shall 
preside,  and  for  the  time  being  exercise  all  the  powers  and  perform  all 
the  duties  of  the  President  pro  tempore. 

Section  4.  Stated  meetings  of  the  Trustees  shall  be  held  on  the 
first  Tuesday  of  every  month,  at  such  place  and  at  such  hour  as  the 
Board  may  by  resolution  from  time  to  time  order  and  direct.  Special 
meetings  may  be  called  by  the  President  pro  tempore  whenever  he 
may  deem  the  same  necessary  or  expedient. 

In  the  absence  of  the  President  pro  tempore  from  the  city  of  Phil- 
adelphia, or  of  his  refusal  to  call  a special  meeting  of  the  Board  on 
the  written  request  of  five  Trustees,  the  Secretary  shall,  upon  such  a 


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written  request,  call  a special  meeting.  The  call  for  the  special  meet- 
ing shall  designate  the  business  proposed  to  be  considered  thereat,  and 
no  other  business  shall  be  transacted  thereat  unless  by  the  unanimous 
consent  of  the  members  present,  being  at  least  thirteen  in  number. 

At  least  twenty-four  hours’  notice  shall  be  given  for  the  holding  of 
a stated  or  a special  meeting,  and  the  time  and  place  for  holding  the 
meeting  shall  be  expressed  in  the  notice. 

Section  5.  Five  Trustees  shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  trans- 
action of  ordinary  business,  but  for  the  enactment  of  laws,  the  election 
of  professors,  the  purchase  or  sale  of  real  estate  or  other  property,  or 
the  mortgaging,  pledging,  or  encumbering  thereof,  at  least  thirteen 
Trustees  shall  be  present,  and  a majority  of  the  votes  of  those  present 
at  any  meeting  shall  be  necessary  for  the  adoption  of  any  order,  reso- 
lution, or  action  of  the  Trustees,  or  for  the  election  of  any  professor, 
or  for  the  enactment  or  amendment  of  any  law. 

Section  6.  The  order  of  business  at  the  stated  meetings  shall  be 
as  follows : 

1.  Reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  for  the  pur- 
pose of  reconsidering  the  same,  if  any  amendment  thereof  shall  be 
deemed  necessary,  and  for  their  adoption. 

2.  Communications  addressed  to  the  Board  to  be  read,  referred,  or 
finally  disposed  of. 

3.  Reports  from  the  Provost,  and  order  taken  thereon  when  it  may 
be  needed. 

4.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees,  and  the  consideration  of  reso- 
lutions or  other  propositions  contained  in  such  reports. 

5.  Reports  of  Special  Committees  and  consideration  thereof,  and 
action  thereon  if  needed. 

6.  Report  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

7.  Deferred  business. 

8.  New  business. 

9.  Reading  of  the  rough  minutes  for  correction. 

10.  Adjournment. 

Section  7.  A competent  person  shall  be  elected  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Board,  who  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  pleasure 
of  the  Trustees.  He  shall  receive  such  compensation  for  his  services, 
payable  monthly,  as  the  Board  may  from  time  to  time  fix,  and  shall 
give  such  security  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all  his  duties  as  may 
be  also  from  time  to  time  fixed  by  a resolution  of  the  Trustees.  He 
shall,  as  Secretary,  keep  and  engross  regular  minutes  of  the  proceed- 


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ings  of  the  Board,  carefully  preserve  and  keep  in  regular  files  all  com- 
munications, reports,  and  other  papers  of  importance ; conduct,  under 
the  direction  of  the  President  pro  tempore , or  of  the  standing  or 
special  committees,  all  needful  correspondence  on  the  business  of  the 
Board ; and,  when  he  may  be  so  requested,  act  as  Secretary  of  any 
committee,  and  preserve  the  minutes  of  its  proceedings ; give  notice 
to  all  committees  of  their  appointment,  and  transmit  to  them  all 
papers,  documents,  and  copies  of  resolutions  that  may  be  referred  to 
them ; give  notice  of  all  stated  and  special  meetings,  and  generally 
perform  such  duties  usually  pertaining  to  the  office  of  a Secretary  as 
the  President  'pro  tempore , or  any  committee  of  the  Board,  may  direct. 
He  shall  have  the  custody  of  the  corporate  seal  of  the  University, 
and  shall  affix  and  attest  the  same  to  such  instruments  or  writings  as 
the  Board  may  order  and  direct. 

Section  8.  As  Treasurer  he  shall  have  charge  of  all  deeds  and 
other  muniments  of  title  to  the  real  estate  of  the  University,  and  of 
all  bonds,  mortgages,  certificates  of  loans,  stocks,  or  other  evidences  of 
property  owned  by  it  or  pledged  to  it,  which  he  shall  deposit  for  safe 
keeping  in  such  place  of  security  as  the  Committee  on  Ways  and 
Means  may  direct.  He  shall  collect  and  receive  all  moneys  that  may 
in  any  way  become  due  and  payable  to  the  Trustees,  and  deposit  the 
same  as  received  in  the  corporate  name  of  the  University  in  such  bank 
or  other  institution  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  as  the  Committee  on 
Ways  and  Means  may  direct. 

He  shall  pay,  according  to  such  orders  and  resolutions  as  may  be 
made  by  the  Trustees,  all  debts  and  other  obligations  of  the  Trustees 
as  the  same  shall  become  due  and  payable,  and  shall  take  full  and 
sufficient  receipts  and  acquittances  as  vouchers  for  such  payments. 
He  shall  keep  full  and  accurate  accounts  of  all  his  receipts  and  pay- 
ments in  proper  books  to  be  provided  for  such  purposes,  and  shall  sub- 
mit the  same,  together  with  his  vouchers,  monthly,  to  the  Committee 
of  Ways  and  Means  for  examination  and  approval.  He  shall  make 
all  payments  by  checks,  and  the  check  shall  state  for  what  account 
the  payment  has  been  made. 

He  shall  at  each  stated  meeting  present  a summary  statement  of  his 
receipts  and  payments  for  the  preceding  month,  showing  also  the  bal- 
ance of  cash  on  hand  and  an  estimate  of  the  receipts  and  payments 
for  the  next  month. 

The  books  of  minutes  and  accounts,  and  all  other  papers  and 
vouchers  in  the  hands  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  shall  at  all 


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times  be  open  to  the  inspection  and  examination  of  any  Trustee,  or  of 
any  Committee  of  the  Board. 

Section  9.  In  case  of  the  resignation  or  removal  from  office  of  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  he  shall  forthwith  deliver  to  his  successor,  or 
to  such  other  person  as  may  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same  by  the 
Trustees,  all  the  property,  books,  papers,  money,  and  every  other  mat- 
ter and  thing  belonging  to  the  Board  that  may  then  be  in  his  charge  or 
possession ; and  an  inventory  of  all  matters  and  things  so  delivered 
shall  be  made  out  and  be  duly  attested  by  the  person  receiving  the  same, 
and  also  by  the  retiring  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  And  in  case  of  a 
vacancy  occurring  in  the  office  of  Secretary  and  Treasurer  by  the  death 
of  the  person  holding  said  office,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee 
of  Ways  and  Means  to  obtain  from  the  legal  representative  of  the  de- 
ceased officer  all  the  books,  property,  money,  papers,  vouchers,  and 
other  effects  of  the  Board  that  may  at  the  time  of  his  decease  have 
been  in  his  charge,  care,  or  possession,  and  to  have  an  inventory  thereof 
made  as  aforesaid,  to  be  attested  by  the  signatures  of  the  chairman  of 
said  committee  and  by  the  legal  representative  of  the  deceased  officer. 

And  in  case  of  a vacancy  occurring  in  the  office  of  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  from  any  cause  whatever,  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  an 
appointment  to  be  made  by  the  President  pro  tempore , with  the  con- 
currence of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means;  such  appointment  to 
continue,  however,  only  until  an  election  of  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
shall  be  made  by  the  Trustees.  No  person  shall  be  elected  Secretary 
and  Treasurer  unless  he  has  been  nominated  at  the  stated  meeting  of  the 
Trustees  held  in  the  month  preceding  the  stated  meeting  at  which  he 
is  to  be  balloted  for.  Notice  of  such  intended  election  shall  be  given 
to  the  several  Trustees ; and  no  election  shall  be  held  unless  at  least 
thirteen  Trustees  are  present,  and  the  votes  of  a majority  of  those 
present  shall  be  necessary  to  a choice. 

Section  10.  At  the  stated  meeting  of  the  Board  in  the  month  of 
January,  annually,  the  following  standing  committees,  to  consist  of 
five  members  each,  shall  be  appointed  as  follows : 

Ways  and  Means,  by  ballot. 

Buildings,  Estates,  and  Property,  by  President  pro  tempore. 

Library  “ “ 

Department  of  Arts  “ “ 

Department  of  Science  “ “ 

Department  of  Medicibe  “ “ 

Department  of  Law  “ “ 


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The  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  shall  have  charge  of  the  finan- 
cial affairs  of  the  institution  ; shall  see  to  the  safe  investment  and 
care  of  its  funds  ; supervise  and  examine  the  accounts  and  vouchers  of 
the  Treasurer ; report  from  time  to  time  on  the  financial  condition  of 
the  University,  and  on  its  revenues  and  expenditures ; make  all  invest- 
ments as  may  be  ordered  by  the  Board  ; direct  the  Treasurer  as  to  the 
places  of  deposit  for  the  money  and  other  property  of  the  Board ; ex- 
amine and  vouch  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer ; report  and  advise  on 
all  appropriations  that  may  be  requested  by  any  department  for  ex- 
penditure ; see  to  the  preparation  of  the  annual  report  to  be  presented 
to  the  State  Legislature ; and  generally  to  watch  over  and  care  for  the 
financial  interests  of  the  institution. 

Section  11.  The  Committee  on  Buildings,  Estates,  and  Property 
shall  have  charge  of  the  buildings  and  other  real  estate,  and  of  the 
furniture  and  fixtures  belonging  to  the  institution  ; attend  to  the 
selling,  leasing,  and  renting  of  such  parts  of  the  property  as  may 
not  be  in  actual  use  and  occupied  for  the  purpose  of  instruction ; see 
that  all  is  kept  in  proper  order  and  repair ; examine  and  approve  of 
all  bills  and  accounts  before  the  same  shall  be  paid,  and  after  the  same 
have  been  duly  vouched  by  the  Provost  or  other  officer  authorized 
to  make  any  outlay  ; and  generally  to  act  as  a committee  on  accounts 
for  matters  not  in  charge  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

Section  12.  The  Committee  on  the  Library  shall  have  charge  of 
the  general  library  of  the  institution,  and  care  for  the  preservation 
of  its  books,  furniture,  and  fixtures ; they  shall  have  power  to  ap- 
point a librarian,  make  rules  for  his  government  and  for  the  hours  of 
his  attendance,  and  define  his  duties ; provide  for  the  use  of  the 
library  ; and  report  at  least  once  a year  on  the  condition  of  the 
library,  and  recommend  measures  for  its  increase,  improvement,  and 
usefulness. 

Section  13.  The  Committees  on  the  Departments  of  Arts,  Science, 
Medicine,  and  Law  shall  severally  have  the  care  and  supervision  of  the 
instruction  to  be  given  in  said  departments ; they  shall  aid  the  Pro- 
vost in  the  management  of  said  departments,  and  by  regular  confer- 
ences and  meetings  with  him  ascertain  the  working  and  success  of 
existing  arrangements,  and  receive  from  the  Provost  such  suggestions 
for  improvement  as  the  several  Faculties  may  from  time  to  time  make 
through  him,  and  report  thereon  to  the  Board. 

The  auxiliary  Department  of  Medicine  shall  be  under  the  care  of 
the  Committee  on  the  Department  of  Medicine,  and  the  Department 


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of  Music  shall  be  under  the  care  of  the  Committee  on  the  Department 
of  Science. 

Each  of  said  committees  shall  have  the  general  care  of  the  apparatus, 
special  libraries,  collections,  cabinets,  and  museums  appropriated  for 
the  use  of  the  department  under  its  charge,  and  see  that  proper  inven- 
tories and  records  of  them  are  taken  and  kept ; and  that  the  several 
professors  and  other  officers  in  charge  thereof  are  held  properly  respon- 
sible for  their  care  and  preservation  and  delivery  to  the  Provost,  or 
other  officer  who  may  be  appointed  to  receive  the  same,  on  the  resig- 
nation, death,  or  removal  from  office  of  any  one  having  had  the  same 
in  charge. 

Each  Faculty  shall  prepare  and  present,  through  the  Provost,  to  the 
proper  committee  in  charge  of  its  department,  in  the  month  of  June 
of  each  year,  an  estimate  of  the  amount  that  may  be  needed  to  defray 
its  expenses  from  the  1st  day  of  October  until  the  30th  day  of  Sep- 
tember next  succeeding ; which  estimate  shall  be  revised  by  the  proper 
committee,  and  be  transmitted  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means, 
with  such  recommendations  for  its  allowance  or  reduction  as  may  be 
deemed  proper. 

Section  14.  The  reports  of  all  committees  shall  be  in  writing ; pro- 
vided, however,  that  the  minutes  of  any  committee  may,  if  it  deems 
the  same  advisable,  be  submitted  as  a report. 

Section  15.  Special  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President 
pro  tempore , whenever  the  Trustees  may  deem  the  same  advisable,  for 
the  consideration  of  any  subject. 

Section  16.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury  unless  an 
appropriation  for  the  expenditure  of  the  same  has  been  previously 
made  by  the  Board.  No  debt  shall  be  contracted  unless  a requisition 
for  the  object  needed  shall  have  been  made  therefor  by  the  officer  or 
agent  authorized  to  order  the  same,  and  such  requisition  has  been  ap- 
proved by  the  Provost.  Bills  for  all  supplies  ordered  shall  be  collected 
at  the  close  of  every  month  and  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  approved  by  the  Provost  before  the  day  of  the  stated 
meeting  in  the  following  month,  and  the  Secretary  on  the  receipt  of 
such  bills  shall  present  them  to  the  Committee  on  Buildings,  Estates, 
and  Property  for  approval  for  payment. 


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OF  THE  PKOVOST. 

Section  17.  The  Provost  shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the 
University.  He  shall  be  a member  of  and  President  of  each  Faculty, 
and  when  present  at  a Faculty  meeting  shall  preside  thereat,  and  may 
call  a special  meeting  of  any  Faculty  when  he  may  deem  the  same  ex- 
pedient. He  shall  be  the  organ  of  communication  between  each  Faculty 
and  the  several  members  thereof  and  the  Board  of  Trustees.  He 
shall  from  time  to  time  report  to  the  Board  on  the  state  of  the  in- 
struction in  the  several  departments,  and  make  such  suggestions  for  the 
improvement  thereof  as  he  shall  deem  expedient.  He  shall  attend  all 
meetings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  when  present  shall  preside 
thereat,  and  have  the  privilege  of  speaking  on  all  questions  that  may 
come  before  the  Board,  and  he  may  attend  and  assist  and  advise  thereat 
the  meetings  of  any  committee.  Every  Professor,  Assistant  Professor, 
Instructor,  or  other  officer  or  agent  engaged  in  instruction  or  discipline, 
shall  be  primarily  responsible  to  him  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
duties,  except  in  cases  where  an  assistant  is  assigned  for  duty  and  service 
to  a Professor  in  any  department,  in  which  case  such  assistant  shall  be 
primarily  responsible  to  such  Professor.  He  shall  report  to  the  Trustees 
all  cases  of  neglect  of  duty  on  the  part  of  any  Professor  or  other 
officer  or  employee  of  the  institution.  He  shall  preside  at  all  Com- 
mencements, and  confer  the  Degrees  ordered  by  the  Trustees.  He 
shall  in  all  cases  affecting  the  government  and  instruction  have  full  and 
conclusive  authority,  subject  only  to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  as  the 
chief  executive  officer  of  the  University  shall  be  obeyed  and  respected 
accordingly. 

In  case  of  a vacancy  in  the  office  of  the  Provost,  or  of  his  permanent 
absence  from  the  city  or  from  duty,  the  Yice-Provost  shall  act  as 
Provost  until  the  vacancy  be  filled  or  the  Provost  shall  return  to  the 
discharge  of  his  duties. 


OF  INSTKUCTION  AND  DISCIPLINE. 

Section  18.  The  instruction  to  the  students  shall  be  given,  and 
their  government  shall  be  administered  in  such  manner  as  the  Faculty 
of  each  department  may  direct,  under  the  general  supervision,  control, 
and  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

All  cases  of  discipline  shall  be  administered  by  the  several  Faculties 
through  the  Dean,  but  no  indefinite  suspension  or  dismissal  of  a stu- 


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dent  from  the  University  shall  be  made  by  any  Faculty,  except  at  a 
meeting  thereof  at  which  the  Provost  shall  be  present,  and  by  the 
concurrence  of  at  least  two-thirds  of  such  Faculty. 

The  Deans  of  the  several  Faculties  shall  approve  of  all  requisitions 
for  supplies  before  the  same  are  ordered  by  any  Professor  or  other 
officer  in  charge,  and  shall  certify  to  the  Provost  all  bills  for  supplies 
duly  ordered. 

They  shall  receive  and  transmit  to  the  Provost  for  transmission  to 
the  proper  committee  all  applications  for  gratuitous  instruction,  with 
the  proofs  of  the  worthiness  of  the  claims  of  the  applicants  for  ad- 
mission, and  also  their  opinion  as  to  the  propriety  of  admitting  the 
applicants.  They  shall  also  receive  applications  for  free  scholarships, 
and  report  the  names  of  those  found  qualified  by  the  several  Faculties 
to  the  Provost  for  transmission  to  the  proper  committee  for  admission. 

The  Dean  of  the  Medical  Faculty  shall  have  the  care  and  super- 
vision of  the  buildings  and  grounds  appropriated  to  Medical  and  Dental 
Instruction.  The  Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Science  shall  have  the  care 
and  supervision  of  the  buildings  and  grounds  appropriated  for  Literary, 
Scientific,  and  Legal  Instruction.  They  shall  severally  enforce  such 
care  and  supervision  by  such  officers  and  servants  as  the  Trustees  may 
direct  to  be  employed  for  such  services. 

Section  19.  There  shall  be  the  following  Faculties,  to  consist  of  the 
Provost  and  such  number  of  Professors,  adjunct,  and  assistant  Professors 
as  the  Trustees  may  from  time  to  time  direct,  to  wit : Arts,  Medicine, 
Law,  Towne  Scientific  School,  Auxiliary  of  Medicine,  and  Music. 

Each  Faculty  shall  meet  at  least  once  a month,  or  when  called  specially 
by  the  Provost,  except  during  vacation,  and  the  members  thereof  shall 
attend  such  meetings,  and  shall  elect  a Dean  and  Secretary.  Provided, 
however,  that  the  Vice-Provost  shall  be  ex -officio  Dean  of  the  Faculty 
of  Arts.  In  the  absence  of  the  Provost  from  any  meeting  the  Dean 
shall  preside.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  regular  minutes  of  its  pro- 
ceedings, which  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  any 
Trustee,  to  the  Provost,  or  any  member  of  the  Faculty. 

All  requisitions  for  supplies  shall  be  issued  and  signed  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Faculty  for  whose  use  such  supplies  are  needed.  No 
requisition  for  a supply  shall  be  issued  unless  an  appropriation  has 
been  duly  made  by  the  Trustees  for  defraying  the  expenses  thereof. 

Each  Faculty  shall  have  such  instructors,  assistants,  and  other  em- 
ployees assigned  to  it  as  the  Trustees,  by  resolution  for  such  purposes, 
may  allow. 


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Every  Professor,  adjunct  Professor,  or  other  officer  or  employee  shall 
hold  his  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Board,  and  shall  receive  such 
compensation  for  his  services,  payable  monthly,  as  the  Trustees  may 
from  time  to  time  designate.  Removals  from  office,  except  in  the 
case  of  a member  of  a Faculty,  shall  be  made  by  the  Provost  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  standing  committee  on  the  department  or  other 
branch  of  the  service  of  the  University  in  which  the  person  to  be 
removed  has  been  employed. 

A member  of  a Faculty  may  be  removed  at  any  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  at  which  at  least  thirteen  members  are  present  and 
at  least  two-thirds  of  those  present  concurring  in  such  removal ; but 
no  member  of  a Faculty  shall  be  removed  from  office  unless  for  cause 
shown  in  a complaint  made  in  writing  by  the  Provost  or  the  standing- 
committee  having  charge  of  the  department  in  which  such  member  is 
employed,  nor  until  notice  has  been  given  to  such  member  of  the  com- 
plaint against  him,  which  notice  shall  be  served  on  the  member  so 
complained  of  at  least  ten  days  before  the  consideration  of  his  case  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees.  His  reply  to  the  complaint  shall  be  in  writing. 
But  the  Trustees  expressly  reserve  the  right  in  all  cases  by  the  proper 
quorum  and  vote  to  summarily  remove  any  member  of  a Faculty  from 
office  if  in  their  judgment  the  interests  of  the  University  require  such 
removal. 

Section  20.  Professorships  on  special  subjects  may  be  established 
by  resolutions  of  the  Trustees,  and  the  Professors  to  fill  the  same  shall 
be  chosen  in  the  same  way  as  Professors  in  the  regular  Faculties. 
Such  Professors  shall  hold  their  offices  for  such  terms  and  receive 
such  compensation  as  the  resolution  providing  for  their  appointment 
may  direct. 

Section  21.  Students  shall  be  admitted  into  the  several  depart- 
ments as  the  regulations,  which  may  from  time  to  time  be  adopted  by 
the  Trustees,  shall  direct.  These  regulations  shall  prescribe  the  ex- 
aminations requisite  for  admission,  the  courses  of  study,  the  qualifi- 
cations required  for  Degrees,  the  cost  of  tuition,  and  the  general 
discipline  of  the  University. 

Section  22.  Gratuitous  instruction  shall  be  given  in  each  depart- 
ment to  such  number  of  indigent  students  as  the  standing  committee 
having  charge  thereof  shall  direct.  Applicants  for  such  instruction 
shall  submit  to  the  Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  the  department  which  the 
students  desire  to  enter  their  claims  to  such  instruction,  and  if  he  after 
examination  shall  deem  them  qualified  in  all  respects  for  admission  he 


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shall  report  thereon  to  the  Provost,  who  shall  then  take  order  on 
such  applications.  The  names  of  such  students  shall  not  be  made 
public,  but  be  confined  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Provost,  Dean,  Treas- 
urer, and  proper  committee. 

Section  23.  There  shall  be  forty  scholarships  in  the  Towne  Scien- 
tific School,  ten  of  which  shall  be  competed  for  annually  by  pupils  of 
the  public  schools  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  under  such  rules  as 
have  heretofore  been  adopted  and  published  therefor ; but  such  rules 
may  from  time  to  time  be  altered  or  amended  by  special  resolutions  of 
the  Board,  to  take  effect  at  the  beginning  of  the  college  year  after 
their  adoption. 

Section  24.  Female  students  shall  be  admitted  to  such  partial 
courses  of  advanced  studies  in  the  department  of  Arts  and  Towne 
Scientific  School  and  Music  as  the  Provost,  with  the  approval  of  the 
proper  committees,  shall  direct.  The  terms  of  admission  and  the  req- 
uisites therefor  shall  be  fixed  by  the  committee  in  conjunction  with 
the  Provost.  The  name  of  any  such  student  admitted  to  gratuitous 
instruction  under  this  section  shall  not  be  made  public,  but  be  con- 
fined to  the  knowledge  of  the  Provost,  Treasurer,  and  proper  com- 
mittee. 

Section  25.  There  shall  be  two  public  Commencements  held  an- 
nually for  conferring  Degrees : the  first,  for  Degrees  in  Medicine,  on  the 
15th  day  of  March,  and  the  second,  on  the  15th  of  June,  for  Degrees 
in  the  Arts,  Law,  Science,  and  auxiliary  department  of  Medicine  and 
Music.  When  those  days  shall  fall  on  Saturday  or  Sunday  the  Com- 
mencement shall  be  held  on  the  preceding  Friday. 

At  all  Commencements  and  other  public  occasions,  the  Provost, 
Yice-Provost,  and  Professors  and  students  shall,  unless  excused  by  the 
Provost,  appear  in  proper  caps  and  gowns. 

Section  26.  Honorary  Degrees  will  be  conferred  on  persons  deemed 
worthy  to  receive  the  same  in  the  following  manner:  a nomination  of 
the  candidate  for  such  a Degree,  with  a statement  of  his  claims  to  such 
a distinction,  shall  be  made  in  writing  and  be  presented  to  the  Board 
of  Trustees  at  a stated  meeting.  Such  nomination  shall  be  referred  to 
the  standing  committee  having  charge  of  the  department  to  which  the 
proposed  Degree  pertains.  The  committee  shall  report  on  the  nomina- 
tion at  the  next  or  some  subsequent  stated  meeting.  If  a favorable 
report  shall  be  made  on  such  nomination  it  shall  lie  over  for  one 
month,  and  then  the  Trustees  shall  vote  thereon ; and  the  unanimous 
vote  of  the  Trustees  casting  ballots  shall  be  required  for  conferring  any 


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honorary  Degree.  Degrees  so  ordered  shall  be  conferred  at  the  Com- 
mencement next  succeeding  such  order. 

Section  27.  Every  mandamus  ordering  the  conferring  of  Degrees 
shall  be  signed  by  at  least  thirteen  Trustees ; and  the  several  Faculties 
shall  certify  to  the  Board  through-  the  Provost  at  least  ten  days  before 
the  holding  of  any  Commencement  the  names  of  such  candidates  for 
Degrees  as  have  passed  satisfactory  examinations  and  are  otherwise 
qualified  to  receive  the  same. 

Section  28.  No  room  in  the  University  buildings  shall  be  used  by 
the  students  or  any  other  person  for  a meeting,  unless  the  permission 
of  the  Provost  or  of  the  Trustees  has  been  first  obtained. 

LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE. 

Section  29.  When  a Professor  desires  leave  of  absence  from  his 
duties  he  shall  make  application  in  writing  to  the  Provost,  stating  the 
reason  therefor.  If  the  leave  asked  for  does  not  extend  beyond  one 
week,  the  Provost  shall  decide  upon  the  application  ; and  if  for  a longer 
period,  he  shall  forward  the  application  to  the  committee  on  the  proper 
department  for  action  thereon. 

UNIVERSITY  HOSPITAL. 

Section  30.  The  University  Hospital  shall  remain  in  charge  of  its 
Board  of  Managers  and  professional  staff,  under  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions now  in  force,  until  the  same  are  duly  altered  or  amended. 

EXISTING  LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS. 

Section  31.  All  statutes  of  the  University  heretofore  enacted  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  all  regulations  now  in  force  for  the  instruc- 
tion and  government  of  the  students  under  the  authority  of  the  several 
Faculties,  that  are  not  altered  or  supplied  by  this  code,  shall  be  con- 
tinued in  force  until  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Trustees. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section  32.  Propositions  for  the  alteration  or  amendment  of  these 
laws  shall  be  made  in  writing,  be  submitted  at  a stated  meeting,  and  be 
considered  and  acted  on  at  the  next  or  some  subsequent  stated  meeting, 
of  which  proposed  consideration  notice  shall  be  given  by  the  Secretary. 


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